Joel jenkins



(No Model.)

J. JENKINS. Eyeglass Hook.

No. 231,051. Patented Aug. 10,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL JENKINS, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

'EYEGLASS-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,051, dated August 10, 1880. Application filed April 22, 1880. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL JENKINS, ofMount Vernon, county of YVestchester, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sustaining-Hook for Eyeglasses, 850.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in sustaining-hooks for eyeglasses, &c.; and the invention consists in a sustaininghook for eyeglasses in combination with a pin, the hook and pin being formed from the same piece of wire and having a twisted shank.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention with the hook, pin, and shield made from one piece of wire; Fig. 2, a perspective view with the hook and pin made from one piece of wire, and shield from a separate piece of metal.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

A represents a hook designed for holding the eyeglass of the wearer to his person; and it is constructed of any suitable wire, and of any desired size, by doubling the wire in the middle ot'its length to form the end a of the hook, extending the two sides of the wire parallel to form the front Z), twisting the wires together, forming the back a of the hook, branching the wires, as at ff, to the right and left of the upper portion of the twisted part c, making a coil, (1, in the branch f, and extending the wire f, after itis coiled to make the spring 6, parallel with the branched portionsf f, and sharpening the end of this wire, thereby forming the pin 9. The other branched portion, f, of the wire is folded either into a shield, z, for the point of the pin, or folded so that a shield, j, Fig. 2, may be attached to it.

In Fig. 1 the shield and pin and hook are all formed from one piece of wire. In Fig. 2 the shield is of separate construction and attached to the wire. Either of these methods may be employed for forming the shield, and either of them will be found to produce a satisfactory result.

By combining the hook and the pin together, and employing wire of different sizes, the device may be used to sustain articles other than eyeglasses.

To use the device hereinbefore described, it is simply necessary to insert the pin 9 into the garment in any desired position, insert the point of the pin within the shield i or j, and the device is ready for use. By twisting the shank c of the hook itis rendered stiffer and better able to resist strain.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described eyeglass-hook, composed of a hook formed from a wire doubled and twisted, a spring-pin made from a continuation of said wire, and a shield, all constructed and arranged as shown.

JOEL JENKINS.

Witnesses H. L. WATTENBERG, WILLIAM ANDERSON. 

